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is blasphemy blasphemy?
yuriythebest Offline
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is blasphemy blasphemy?
September 18, 2010 at 6:17 pm
is blasphemy still blasphemy if the God that is blasphemed does not exist?
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RE: is blasphemy blasphemy?
September 18, 2010 at 6:24 pm
Obviously not.
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RE: is blasphemy blasphemy?
September 18, 2010 at 6:33 pm (This post was last modified: September 18, 2010 at 6:39 pm by yuriythebest.)
(September 18, 2010 at 6:24 pm)Watson Wrote: Obviously not.

ok Smile I'll make this a little more complicated

is blasphemy still blasphemy if the God that is blasphemed does not exist but there are people that "know/believe/have faith/etc" that that God exists? (for example, imagine ancient Greece and someone, say a pagan openly denouncing Zeus), (ancient Egypt, a roman calling the God Ra silly)
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RE: is blasphemy blasphemy?
September 18, 2010 at 6:45 pm
(September 18, 2010 at 6:17 pm)yuriythebest Wrote: is blasphemy still blasphemy if the God that is blasphemed does not exist?


Asked and answered.

Although I don't believe, I don't know for a fact there is no god. I also refrain from hurting believers I love,such as my devout 84 year old mother.
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RE: is blasphemy blasphemy?
September 18, 2010 at 7:04 pm
(September 18, 2010 at 6:45 pm)padraic Wrote: Although I don't believe, I don't know for a fact there is no god. I also refrain from hurting believers I love,such as my devout 84 year old mother.

don't get me wrong, I'm against insulting people/their religions, but the term "blasphemy" is very nebulous and can range from "<religion/deity name> is <swear word>" to simply saying "I do not believe in <religion/deity name> due to lack of evidence". This was more of a hypothetical question that included both those meanings but I do not advocate going around insulting people.

Oh, I also don't know for a fact there is no god - I'm an agnostic atheist and subscribe to the position of weak atheism (I have not seen reasonable/good evidence for the existence of any deity/God/etc or the validation of any religion/supernatural phenomenon)

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RE: is blasphemy blasphemy?
September 18, 2010 at 9:41 pm
(September 18, 2010 at 6:33 pm)yuriythebest Wrote:
(September 18, 2010 at 6:24 pm)Watson Wrote: Obviously not.

ok Smile I'll make this a little more complicated

is blasphemy still blasphemy if the God that is blasphemed does not exist but there are people that "know/believe/have faith/etc" that that God exists? (for example, imagine ancient Greece and someone, say a pagan openly denouncing Zeus), (ancient Egypt, a roman calling the God Ra silly)

That depends on the perspective. If the "Blasphemer" doesn't believe in the God being "blasphemed", then "blasphemy" is a fundamentally meaningless word. And besides, any being that is powerful enough to have created the universe shouldn't be thin-skinned enough to punish those who insult him.
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RE: is blasphemy blasphemy?
September 18, 2010 at 9:49 pm
If "God" made all this he can stick up for himself...
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